The immadiate threat to the Ottomans in
europe was the arrival of a new European Crusade Army, involving
the major states of the West as well as those most immediately threatened
by the Ottoman advance.Responding to appeals, Pope Boniface IX stimulated
a Crusade.Crusaders came to Buda from England, Scotland, Poland,
Bohemia, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland as well as from the lands
of southeastern Europe more directly threatened by the Ottomans.In
the spring of 1396 Sigismund led a large Crusaders force through
Serbia, crossing the Danube at Nicopolis and then capturing the
Danubian towns of Vidin and Orsova, massacring all the Muslims they
could find.But Beyazit brought together contingents from Anatolia
and routed the aatckers (September 25, 1396).Thousands were taken
prisoners, including nobles from all over Europe.the Ottoman victory
over the Crusaders at nicopolis increased European rear of the Ottomans
while adding to Ottoman prestige throughout the Islamic World.significantly,Beyazit
was designated as sultan, or civil ruler of Islam.